Water-heater.



C. E. REED.

WATER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1915.

. Patented 00112, 1915.

mihwssesi CHARLES E. REED, 0F BART OW, FLORIDA.

WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1915. Serial No. 10,291.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. REED, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bartow, in the county of Polkand State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Water-Heaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill'enable'othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to water heaters, and more especially to thoseincluding a stand boiler within a casing; and the ob ect of the same isto provide means for heating the Water in such a boiler by a fluid fuelburner which is bodily insertible in or removablefrom the lower portionof the easing or jacket, which latter therefore becomes a flue carryingthe products of combustion upward around the boiler. to an outlet.

A further object of the invention is to improve the means for supportingthe heater so that as a unit it may be bodily withdrawn for cleaning,repairing or filling its tank.

A still further object of the invention is to improve the structure ofthe stand on which the device is mounted. I

The following specification setsforth the preferred manner of carryingout my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawingswherein Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of this heatercomplete. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the shelf and slide on anenlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a similar enlarged sectional detail of thestand, and Fig. 4 a. still further enlarged detail showing the manner ofconnecting the jacket with the stand.

The stand boiler B illustrated in the drawing is that now in general useand by preference I employ one measuring 36 inches in length and about10 inches in diameter, and the inlet and outlet pipes I and p O arethose usually employed. It is quite possible that the inlet pipe,instead of taking its water from the house s stem direct, may have takenit from the 0011 within the furnace or the water-back within the range,and if: either case the Water flowing in at the point I will be warm'orhot if there is fire in the furnace or range. If such is the mannor inwhich the boiler is connected up, then my improved water heater findsits greatest But ordinarily this device is employed where Patented@0111. 12, 1915..

there is no furnace, and cold water is admitted at I and heated by themeans described below, so that Warm or hot'water is drawn out at O andcarried to-the point of use. Besides inlet and outlet pipes, there is amld-length pipe M leading from a point at about the center of the heightof the boiler to a point E where it enters its lower end, and this pipemay have its own faucet F. This supplemental pipe is also often'employedwhere the boiler is connected with the furnace, and I lay no claimofnovelty thereto.

Coming now to the details ofthe present invention, I inclosethe boiler Bwithin an upright cylindrical jacket 1 which surrounds it and isconnected with it by brackets 2 or any suitable devices holding thewalls of these elements slightly spaced so as to produce an annular flueor jacket space around the boiler, and the upper end of the casing orjacket extends above the top of the boiler and'is shaped into an outlet3 from which the products of combustion may escape in any suitablemanner. The lower end of the jacket depends to a considerable-distancebeneath the bottom of the boiler, has an opening 4 in its front side,and rests at its lower edge upon a 'stand best seen in Figs. 3 and 4.This stand comprises a ring 5 pierced with abo'ut three holes 6 and withtwo diametrically opposite eyes 7. Into said holes are screwed the upperends of/legs 8 which are preferably of pipe having rather lon threadsfor purposes of adjustment, an lock nuts 9 upon the threads as best seenin Fig. 1. The lower end of each leg may have a foot 10 secured by ascrew 11 or. otherwise to the floor. Riveted within the jacket at pointsquartering to its front 0 ening 4 are two L-armed brackets 12 w ichstand above the eyes 7 and small bolts 13 The heating unit of itself maybe anywhich will operate successfully in conjunc- 'tion with the boilerand its jacket, but preferably it will employ a burner 20 for fluidfuel. While said fuel might be gas led to the burner through a pipe orhose so that the user could employ natural or artificial gas if desired,in many sections of the country the fluid fuel will be oil and theburner must be of a type which will vaporize and burn such oil. In othersections of the country the fuel willbe kerosene which is always readilyobtainable and cheap, and I will illustrate and describe the heater asof this type. From the burner 20 leads a pipe 21 to a casing 22, hereshown as having legs 23 rising from a sheet metal slide 24, and withinsaid casing is rotatably mounted a tank 25 having a knob or handle 26 onone end of its axis so that the tank can be turned and the liquid willflow into the casing 22, and thence along pipe 21 to the burner 20.Secured to and rising from the slide at a point about midway between thetank and burner is an upright sheet-metal shield 27 pierced with a,hole28 for the passage of the pipe 21, and this shield is of a size andshape td close the opening-4 when the slide stands in such position thatthe burner is centered within the lower end of the jacket. The midlengthor system of pipes M I now preferably provide with a coil 29 disposedbeneath the boiler. and directly above the burner, and therefore theflames rising from the burner heat this coil and the water within it,then heat the bottom of the boiler, and finally flow upward through thejacket space and heat the sides of the boiler. It'. will hardly benecessary to amplify the illustration to show that the pipe 21 might bea hose connected directly with the natural or artificial gas system ifthe dwelling be so provided, but even in that event I would have theslide movable as will be next described.

Extending through the bottom of the opening 4- in the jacket and overthe ring 5 to its rear. side as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 is asheetmetal shelf 30having its side edges beaded or turned upward andinward into guides 31 as best seen in Fig. 2. This shelf is as wide asthe opening 4 but of less width than the internal diameter of thejacket, and its length is such that it extends through the opening andbeyond the jacket about as far on the outside as it does on the inside.The sheet-metal slide 24 has its side edges turned downward and thenoutward into flanges 32 which are adapted to slide under the guides 31,and the front end of the slide is curled downward into a'handle 33. Allof the parts are of course of metal.

With the above construction and after the device'has been set up, we mayassume that the part stand as seen in Fig. 1. The operator now graspsthe handle 33 and draws thelslide outward on shelf 30 so that the shield27 comes out of the opening 4 and the burner 20 follows it through saidopening, at least to a position where it can be lighted. If the supplybe a rotary tank as shown at 25, it is controlled by means of the knob26. If the fuel is gas led through a flexible pipe 21, it will becontrolled by the usual cock. In any event the fuel is permitted to flowto the burner and a match is applied, and then the entire heater ismoved by shoving the slide 24 inward so that its flanges 32 move underthe guides 31, and its burner.

20 comes to rest directly beneath the coil 29 at the time that itsshield 27 closes the opening 4 inthe jacket 1. Air is now admittedthrough the ring 5 of the stand on either side of the shelf to supplycombustion to the burner, and the flames rising therefrom heat the coiland the boiler as above explained. By actual tests from a workingmachine I have found that I can raise the temperature of the waterthirty degrees in thirty minutes, and the operating cost with keroseneat fifteen cents a gallon is about one and one half cents an hour.Manifestly the cost would difler with other kinds of fuel, or it wouldbe much less if the heater were employed to raise the temperature ofwater which was already warm when it was fed in at the point I. In otherwords, it often occures that the heating system connected with thefurnace or range is not such as will more than warm the water in thestand boiler, and for laundry and other purposes a supplemental heateris desirable unless one'be willing to considerably increase the heat inthe regular system. As above stated, this device can be used when thereisno fire in the house, or it could be installed Where the boiler has noconnection with the furnace or range. At P in Fig. 1 is shown a peephole through the acket 1, which may well be covered with mica heldwithin a removable frame or otherwise, and through the same the flamecan be seen at any time.

What I claim is:

1-. In a water heater, the combination with a stand boiler and its inletand outlet pipes, a jacket inclosing the boiler and constituting a flue,the jacket extending beneath the lower end of the boiler and having anopen- 1ng in its front side, and a supporting stand for the jacket; of ashelf extending through' said opening inside and outside the jacket andhaving guides along its edges, a slide havmg flanged edges movablymounted in saldguides and a handle at its front end, a heating elementmounted on said slide and including a burner at its inner end, and ashield rising from the slide forward of the burner and adapted to closesaid opening.

2. In a water heater, the combination with a stand boiler and its inletand outlet pipes,

a jacket inclosing the boiler and constitut- 1w ing a flue, the jacketextending beneath the lower end of the boiler and having an opening inits front side, and a supporting stand for the jacket; of a shelfextending through said opening inside and outside of the jacket andhaving guides along its edges, a slide above the shelf having its edgesmovably mounted in said slides, a shield rising from the mid-length ofthe slide and adapted to close said openingin the jacket, the shieldhaving a hole, and a heater including a burner mounted onthe slide atone side of said shield, a tank mounted thereon at the other side, and apipe connecting these elements and passing through said hole.

3. In a water heater, the combination with a stand boiler having inletand outlet pipes, a pipe connecting its mid-length with its lower endand having a coil standing beneath said end, and a jacket surroundingthe boiler and constitutinga flue, the jacket "depending below theboiler and having a hole in its front; ,of a shelf leading through saidhole, a slide movably mounted on the shelf, a shield rising from itsmid-length and adapted to close the hole, and a heater comprising aburner on the inner end of the shelf adapted to stand under the coilwhen the shield closes said hole, a tank on the outer end of the shelf,and connections between the burner and the tank.

it. In a water heater, the combination with a stand boiler, an uprightcylindrical casing inclosing the boiler and extending .above and belowit, brackets spacing these elements to produce an annular space aroundthe boiler, the casing having-a hole in its front below said boiler, anda heating unit adapted for insertion and removal through said hole; of astand comprising a ring beneath the lower end. of the casing,longitudinally adjustable legs supporting said ring, angle bracketswithin the casing, and bolts connecting said brackets with the ring.

'In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. REED. Witnesses: FRANK D. ANDERSON, ARTHUR Gn'rzorr.

